Why Would You Let Your Baby Watch TV? I'm Not Going To!

"I'm SO not letting my baby watch television," I told my friend Stacey while I was pregnant.

"Just you wait," she said, as her 7-month-old daughter stared googly eyed at their flat screen. "Every baby watches Yo Gabba Gabba. In fact, call me when you cave. Every parent does."

The thing is, I don't think I will. I know Emmett wants to watch TV—as much as a 5-month-old can want anything other than food and a nap. When I bring him into the living room while Rory's watching football on Sundays, he practically cranes his neck 180 degrees to catch a glimpse. Heck, I paused Gossip Girl when Emmett woke up from a nap one afternoon, and when I brought him into the living room, he couldn't stop staring at the frozen screen!

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I can certainly understand the lure of parking him in front of the TV. I'm sure he'd be entranced.

But seeing as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children 2 and younger get zero screen time, I plan on holding out.

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